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#a VR empowered workout station created by german design firm HYVE a VR empowered workout station created by german design firm HYVE all images courtesy of HYVE designed by johannes scholl and CEO michael schmidt, the HYVE caroshome gym works with a virtual reality headset, that can imitate flying, roller coasters, and other planets all while burning calories and toning muscles. he first design model was developed on the basis of VR in 2012, because we thought this was the only real deal describes senior innovation designer at hyve, johannes scholl. estiny then was on our side when a VR boom started with oculus rift a few months later. we could then work on making our concept become reality. he icaros works along with virtual reality headsets the design works on user balance alone, with no hydraulics or motors, and all the movement in pitch and roll axis are detected by smartphone accelerometers, that send user data into the virtual world, which was created by HYVE companion animation studio, lumacode. the combination movement and visual cues, convincingly fools the brain into believing the virtual scenarios. initially the caroswas very complex with advanced exo skeleton electronics, yet to focus on consumer availability the entire construction needed rethinking, with a final result looking like their working prototype. all movements are done by the user e

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